One of the annual Halloween highlights (my kids are already getting excited for it) is the Empire Eagles’ Field of Screams Haunted Hayride held Friday & Saturday the two weekends before Halloween (Oct 17 & 18 and 24 & 25) on M-72 just east of Gilbert Road. (more info) Other Halloween events include: Haunted Lighthouse […]
Sally over at the Leelanau Chamber notes that the Suttons Bay School Health Team is sponsoring a Fall Food Festival tomorrow (Friday, October 10th) from 5-7 pm in the High School Skylight and commons area. Silvertree, Samuel’s, Stone House Bread, Hansen’s and Green Leaf café will be joining many of our local farmers to provide […]
A nice day for a ride in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore by cyoas55 News from the Week The top story of the week was the official relighting of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse on October 4, 2008. I’m lucky enough to be able to see it shining every morning as I head to […]
Today begins a 3 week period in which year-round and seasonal residents from all across the region will fill out “The Grand Vision Scorecard”, a survey designed by The Grand Vision to establish a long-term vision for the next 50+ years of development in Antrim, Benzie, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Leelanau and Wexford counties. The Leelanau […]
The South Manitou Island Lighthouse was officially re-lit October 4, 2008 at 8 PM. We will be linking to more photos and such as they are posted. You can click the photo to the right for a slideshow of the new lamp in action from Geoff Niessink! Details about this historic event. The photo above […]
Article courtesy lpwines.com… In today’s USA Today, wine writer Jerry Shriver and travel editor Chris Gray have profiled four up-and-coming wine regions in Off the beaten wine trail. The four are New York’s Hudson Valley, Hill Country in Texas, the Eastern Townships, Quebec and yes, Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula! The state’s 56 wineries — six opened […]
Special from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (with photo “Installing the Fesnel Lens” by Dave Hooper – slideshow): This weekend, the South Manitou Island Lighthouse will shine for the first time in 50 years. Thanks to a partnership with Manitou Islands Memorial Society, Manitou Island Transit, and Electro-Optics Technology, Incorporated, the National Park Service […]
Traverse Bay sunset from the Madeline by Jim Sorbie News from the Week Stories we looked at this week include the new M-22 Fall Color cooperative marketing site and a bunch of events. Big news today though about the relighting of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse on Saturday! The Week’s Weather Fall color stalled this […]
The photo is Cairn by jowo, who notes that there are photos of this dating back to 2006. Help us keep track of what’s happening by commenting with news stories you find, observations of the natural world, events you participated in (or are looking forward to) and other comments. You can also check in on […]
The 3rd annual Annual Fall for Art in Leelanau Gallery Tour is held Columbus Day weekend and offers a chance to take a driving tour through the county while visiting 19 galleries featuring the work of area artists (list of participating galleries on the Fall for Art web site). Start your tour by picking up […]
The Leelanau Community Cultural Center is sponsoring the eighth annual Fiber Festival on Friday, October 10 from 5 to 8 pm and Saturday, October 11 from 10 am to 5 pm at the Old Art Building in Leland. Artists with original fiber art will exhibit and sell their work in mediums of paper, wearable art […]
The new m22colortour.com web site hopes to cooperatively market M-22. A feature in the Traverse City Record-Eagle relates that Rand McNally recently rated the scenic route as one of the five greatest driving tours in America and that: The M-22 Color Tour promotion is a collaborative effort of the visitors bureaus in Benzie and Manistee […]